Canine Wellness Care & Vaccination
Wellness Care Done Well
While standard veterinary care often focuses on reactive medicine – treating your pet only when they are sick or due for a routine booster vaccination – Dandenong Veterinary Hospital looks at the bigger picture. We do all the essentials, but what truly sets us apart is our dedicated focus on proactive wellness care.
Veterinary medicine is a highly complex field. The choices we make behind the scenes regarding equipment, pharmaceutical selections, and clinical protocols directly impact your pet’s health outcomes. We eliminate the guesswork by holding our practice to exceptional, rigorous, Standards of Care.
By partnering with you early on, we use our advanced clinical knowledge to build a foundation for a longer, healthier life through three core pillars:
- Customised Preventative Healthcare: We design bespoke health plans tailored strictly to your pet’s unique life stage, breed, and lifestyle, rather than relying on generic, one-size-fits-all treatments.
- Premium Clinical Choices: From the safety of our anesthetic and pharmaceutical selections to our advanced diagnostic and surgical equipment, we invest in top-tier medical resources.
- A Focus on Longevity: We proactively manage the vital areas of preventative health proven to grant your pet a more vibrant life.
There is MORE than one reason that Dandenong Veterinary Hospital is NOT the same… Our difference is in the details!
Fear Free Approach
Animals are at their best when they feel at ease. Fear Free offers science-based, behaviour-led strategies to prevent and reduce fear, anxiety, and stress for pets.
Junior Nurture Care Program
A customised roadmap for puppies and kittens. We provide Special discounts and ‘freebies’ during this age bracket, helping you get started on the right track to set them up for a long happy life.
THREE-yearly C3 Distemper, Parvo, Hepatitis vaccine
TRIENNIAL (three-yearly) vaccine for the C3 diseases reduces the need for unnecessary vaccination, further decreasing the risk of rare vaccination side effects.
Vaccine Antibody testing
On-site antibody testing assesses your pet’s antibody levels from previous C3 vaccination. This avoids over-vaccination – if your pet passes this blood test they do not yet require re-vaccination.
Nasal Canine Cough C2 vaccination - Bordetella and Parainfluenza
Highly effective annual NASAL vaccine for C2 diseases, no needle required. Provides rapid protective effect, working faster and providing superior protection compared with injectable C2 vaccines.
Leptospirosis protection
Leptospirosis is a nasty and life-threatening bacterial disease spread by rodents and wildlife. Our lepto vaccine provides three-serovar protection giving a broader defence than others on the market.
Heartworm protection, Once-Yearly
Single-dose annual Heartworm protection against a life-threatening, mosquito-borne disease. This ensures full protection, avoiding a monthly preventative that up to 60% of us forget to give!
Flea & Tick Protection - Once-Yearly Injection or Six-Month Spot-On
Single-dose annual Flea protection against the most common flea parasite, or twice yearly spot on. Providing extended Twelve or Six month protection not affected by bathing or swimming.
Intestinal deworming - Real Liver Flavoured!
42.9% of Victorian dog parks are contaminated with worm eggs! We use a highly effective, tasty, liver flavoured tablet, making dosing easy. Given once every 3 months.
Twice-For-Life (TFL) Six-monthly Health Examination
Full examinations twice yearly ensure we have time to cover ALL aspects of your pet’s health, helping them live a long healthy life. This helps with early disease detection and intervention.
Nurse Consulting
Our highly skilled nurses run a consulting service to help provide cost-effective patient care. This includes some injections, blood collection, anal gland emptying, nail trims, weight management and more.
FREE New Pet Checks
Free pet check for ANY new pet within first 7 days of acquisition, either a young pet or newly adopted adult. Comprehensive exam and health advice to set them up for a long healthy life.